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Photographs of military members engaging in marksmanship training, emphasizing different shooting positions and weapons proficiency.

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Medium close up, left front view, STAFF Sergeant Kevin Jilies, USAF, 831st Munitions Support Squadron, Ghedi Air Base, Italy, armed with an M16 rifle, in the prone firing position. Not shown: SSGT Jilies visually secures the perimeter of a hardened aircraft shelter before advancing to check alarm system. SSGT Jilies is a member of the Security Force day flight and on every shift the Flight Sergeant executes at least two unauthorized entry exercises where security Force deploy out to secure the area. Base: Ghedi Air Base Country: Italy (ITA)

220410-N-BR419-1265 YOKOSUKA, Japan (April 10, 2022) Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Tatiet Perez, from Fort Worth, Texas, assigned to the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), fires an M4 rifle during a qualification at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosukas (CFAY) gun range. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

221004-M-AI445-1141 (October 4, 2022) U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Philip Jensen, a rifleman assigned to 2nd Battalion 7th Marines, Task Force San Francisco, inspects his target during a marksmanship competition against other service members and staff as part of San Francisco Fleet Week (SFFW) 2022. SFFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard teams and experience Americas sea services. During fleet week, service members participate in various community service event, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of the city and its surrounding areas.

Multiple partnering nations conduct close quarters weapon training under the instruction of US forces May 13, 2022, to further nation interoperability for regional security for Tradewinds 2022. Tradewinds 2022 is a multinational exercise designed to expand the Caribbean regions capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; increase regional training capacity and interoperability; develop new and refine existing standard operating procedures (SOPs); enhance ability to defend exclusive economic zones (EEZ); and promote human rights and adherence to shared international norms and values; fully integrate women into defense, peace and security missions; and increase maritime domain awareness to deter illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities.

Members of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Emergency Response Team check their firearms as they prepare for the next tactical challenge at the 35th Annual SWAT Round-up International at the Lawson Lamar Firearms and Tactical Training Center in Orlando, Florida. The competition was held Nov. 10 to 15, 2019, and featured five different tactical challenges. Kennedy's ERT members exchanged best practices and competed with more than 50 teams from the U.S. and around the world.

Hunter waiting for game with weapon at the ready, Offheim, Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany, Europe

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 3, 2022) - Sailors conduct a live-fire exercise aboard the Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 3. Zumwalt is conducting underway operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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U.S. Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a live-fire range aboard Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 12, 2022. Marines need to keep their shooting skills sharp even while out at sea. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

A Marine collects 5.56 ammunition, during the Combat Instructor Advanced Marksmanship Training Program on Camp Geiger in Jacksonville, North Carolina, July 20, 2022. The Advanced Marksmanship Training Program utilizes Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune facilities to increase Marines proficiency as riflemen to better prepare future warfighters for tomorrows fight.

With the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon, when hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, on the morning of 11 September 2001, Ramstein Air Base, Germany moved into Threatcon Delta. As part of that enhanced state of readiness members of the 86th Communication Group are taking part in initial Security Forces Augmentee Training. Here they go over procedures for clearing their Colt 5.56 mm M16A1 rifles. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Member of Navy SEAL Team crossing the river with weapons.

A shooting target is graded on day one of the 2nd Annual International Combat Weather Airmen Competition: Thunder Challenge2 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Aug. 1, 2022. This competition was inspired by the Tactical Air Control Partys Lighting Challenge and adapted to suit the combat weather specialty.

220729-N-ZW825-0557 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (July 29, 2022) Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) New Student Indoctrination (NSI) Cycle 3 midshipman candidates participate in a small arms live fire training event at Recruit Training Command (RTC), July 29. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is an indoctrination program hosted at RTC, and provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals - firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship - to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Rear Adm. Jennifer S. Couture, which supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navys new officers and enlisted Sailors.

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221207-N-MH015-1095 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 07, 2022) U.S. Navy Lt. Ted Price, from Falmouth, Mass., participates in a small arms live fire exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations.

Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Green and Private 1st Class Zevin Linse serve as instructors for the Marksmanship 101 Course at Camp Butner, North Carolina in April 2022. The course was part of the Civilian Marksmanship Program's 2022 Eastern Highpower Rifle Championships.Green and Linse are members of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Service Rifle Team, located at Fort Benning, Georgia. (CMP photo)

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Instructor assisting people aiming guns at firing range

Romanian Soldiers engage U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment (OpFor) during a simulated assault as part of exercise Saber Junction 22 in Hohenfels, Germany, Sep. 13, 2022. Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Armys 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Armys Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas.

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Gerald Donohue, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Commander, practices a training simulation through virtual reality on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 24, 2022. The Street Smart VR Simulator allows airmen to simulate scenarios that they may face in real life.

Members from the Polish army hosted a recruiting and community relations event in Ostrołęka, Poland, 4 June 2022. While there American, Polish, and Romanian troops from eFP Battle Group Poland interacted with local community y members and allowed them to interact with different military equipment.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Sean Atkinson, a defender on the 165th Special Response Team, 165th Security Forces Squadron, Georgia National Guard, leads a four-man team during building-clearing training July 22, 2021 at the 165th Airlift Wing in Savannah, Georgia. The SRT is made up of a group of 165th SFS Airmen who are subject-matter experts in responding to situations requiring a specific strategy and specialized training.

220426-N-UP745-1365 CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 26, 2022) Sailors participate in an M4 rifle qualification on the flight deck aboard Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), in the Central Mediterranean Sea, April 26, 2022. Jason Dunham is a part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S., allied and partner interest in Europe and Africa.

Man preparing his hypodermic rifle Tunisia

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Cody Sperle, an expeditionary operations lead sniper instructor with Expeditionary Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, aims at his target during an Urban Sniper Course on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 25, 2022. The Urban Sniper Course was led by Marines with the Expeditionary Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, to enhance sniper skills in urban environments through precision fire, engaging targets through glass, urban tactical movement, marksmanship during the day and the night, planning, and stalking in urban terrain.

Ecuadorian leaders visit Kentucky National Guard as a part of the State Partnership Program on March 28, 2022, in Frankfort, Kentucky. The week-long engagement is the first in-person conference the two countries have held together since 2018.

Recovering service members with Wounded Warrior Regiment shoot during a training camp on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Ca. from July 17-23, 2022. Marines selected to represent Team Marine Corps at the 2022 DoD Warrior Games are attending the camp to hone their skills in multiple sports. The DoD Warrior Games is a multi-sport event for wounded, ill, and injured service members.

220718-N-VQ947-1025 SAN DIEGO (July 18, 2022) Chief Quartermaster Daniel Urbano, left, from Sun Valley, California, and Lt. j.g. Nicholas Kislak, navigation officer, from New York City, stand sea-and-anchor watch in the pilot house of San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) as the ship departs San Diego for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 in Southern California, July 18, 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

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220804-N-PW480-0028 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Aug. 4, 2022) A Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) New Student Indoctrination (NSI) 2022 Cycle 3 midshipman candidate participates in a small arms, live-fire training event at Recruit Training Command (RTC), August 4. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is an indoctrination program hosted at RTC, and provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI conducts basic training in five warfighting fundamentals - firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship - to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command NSTC, Rear Adm. Jennifer S. Couture, and supports naval accessions training for 98 percent of the Navys new officers and enlisted Sailors.

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Feb. 21, 2013) Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Jared Moore and Operations Specialist Seaman Andrew Villanueva fire M9 pistols during a small arms qualification aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109). Jason Dunham is deployed with the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom.

Members of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Emergency Response Team check their firearms before competing in the 35th Annual SWAT Round-up International at the Lawson Lamar Firearms and Tactical Training Center in Orlando, Florida. The competition was held Nov. 10 to 15, 2019, and featured five different tactical challenges. Special pellets, rather than real bullets, are used during the competition. Kennedy's ERT members exchanged best practices and competed with more than 50 teams from the U.S. and around the world.

010507-F-0460H-021. Complete Scene Caption: SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Laura M. Puza, USAF, Chef from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, prepares to load her Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle during the Chef Marksmanship event at Vandenberg Air Force Base. As part of the Chefs Competition, SRA Puza, has to prepare meals for 50 people, then fire 30 rounds with the M16 from various positions and targets. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's premier space and missile competition, is a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA "to recognize the best and demonstrate the commands warfighting skills. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE creates competition-tough crews; improves readiness and combat capabilities through preparation, innovation and sharing; enhances esprit de corps and strengthens teamwork across all mission areas in the command." Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2001 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AF

220421-N-MZ836-1353 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 21, 2022) - Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Christian Sanchezdiaz fires a .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire qualification event aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) April 21, 2022. Kearsarge, flagship of the Kearsarge ARG/MEU team, is on a scheduled deployment under the command and control of Task Force 61/2 while operating in U.S. Sixth Fleet in support of U.S., Allied and partner interests in Europe and Africa.

Man in uniform at shooting range doing training designed to increase safety and survivability in combat. African american military unit practicing with pistol to increase handgun handling efficiency

U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Jakob Shattuck, a Combat Arms Instructor for the 185th Air Refueling Wing, instructs Airmen on firearm operation with the M9 pistol at the 185th Air Refueling Wing at Sioux City, Iowa, April 1, 2023. Airmen trained with the M9 pistol during the units April training weekend.

North-Rhine Westphalian SWAT police during target practice at a shooting range, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany

A military police officer stands at the shooting range with his rifle.

Dakota Meyer, 23, fires a pistol while demonstrating to the Maximum Warrior competitors how to complete the pistol challenge in Crawfordsville, Ark., Aug. 7. He wears black wristbands on each arm honoring the three Marines and Navy corpsman who were killed in action in Ganjgal, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2009. Meyer says he will wear these wrist bands everyday for the rest of his life to honor his fallen friends. Meyer will be receiving the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for valor, from President Barack Obama in Washington, Sept. 15, making him the first living Marine recipient since the Vietnam War. He was assigned to Embedded Training Team 2-8, advising the Afghan National Army in the eastern provinces bordering Pakistan. Meyer will be awarded for heroic actions while trying to save his friends in the Ganjgal valley, Sept. 8, 2009.

ARTA, Djibouti (Sep. 22, 2022) - U.S. Navy Sailors from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti conduct a live-fire exercise to maintain operational efficiency at Djibouti Range Complex, Sep. 22, 2022. Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti serves as an expeditionary base for U.S. military forces providing support to ships, aircraft and personnel that ensure security throughout Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia. The base enables maritime and combat operations ing the Horn of Africa and Southwest Asia. The base enables maritime and combat operations in the Horn of Africa while fostering positive U.S. Africa relations.

Gunner's Mate Seaman Anna Hawkins, from Magalia, California, assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) weapons department, fires the M9 pistol during a small arms live fire gunnery exercise on the ships aircraft elevator, Oct. 15, 2022. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) is deployed in the Atlantic Ocean, conducting training and operations alongside NATO Allies and partners to enhance integration for future operations and demonstrate the U.S. Navys commitment to a peaceful, stable and conflict-free Atlantic region.

Routine weapons training at the Police HQ or headquarters shooting range, Mettmann, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Man aiming machine gun at firing range

Police officers posing for photographers during a press conference at a new police shooting range, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

220501-N-LZ839-3150ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 1, 2022) - Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) participate in a live fire exercise May 1, 2022. Bataan is underway in the 2nd fleet area of operations. Bataan is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk.

DN-ST-88-03591. Base: Persian Gulf

Jasmine Lopez, an Army JROTC Cadet from North Brunswick High School, takes a moment to mentally prepare before shooting at the 2023 JROTC National Air Rifle Championship on March 25 at Camp Perry, Ohio. The competition is held March 23-25 and features the best marksmen from all-service JROTC programs across the country competing in Sporter and Precision shooting events. | Photo by Sarah Windmueller, U.S. Army Cadet Command Public Affairs

220818-N-VJ326-1061 PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 18, 2022) - Seaman Akheem Gallimore, from New York, secures a fan room during a security reaction force (SRF) class aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Aug. 18, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Nicholas Martin, a 4-year-old from Medford, Mass., and his uncle Robert Parks, lays down behind the scope of a M82 .50 caliber Special Application Scoped Rifle during an exhibition of weapons used by Marines at Boston Common May 3. The exhibition was during the first day of Marine Week Boston, which honors and recognizes the contributions of Marines, including Boston-based hometown heroes and their families.

PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 20, 2012) Gunner's Mate 1st Class Max Gassant and Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Matthew McGuinness show Lt. Corinne Devin, Miss United States 2012, various weapons during a tour of the Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MSDU) 1 facilities. MDSU 1 provides combat ready, expeditionary, rapidly deployable Mobile Diving and Salvage Detachments (MDSD) to conduct harbor clearance, salvage, underwater search and recovery, and underwater emergency repairs in any environment.

110613-N-TB177-371ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 13, 2011) Sailors bow their heads for prayer during a burial at sea rehearsal aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103). Truxtun is deployed as part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.

U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Nussbaumer, a Military Policeman assigned to the Directorate of Emergency Services, U.S. Army Garrison Benelux looks for an armed suspect as he performs an Active Shooter training, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, Dec. 01, 2022.

221123-N-EU502-1035 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 23, 2022) - Logistics Specialist Seaman Amy Begay, from Ganado, Arizona, sets a perimeter during an antiterrorism force protection (ATFP) drill aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Nov. 23, 2022. Tripoli is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

Russian Security Police Force members (not shown) visit McEntire Air National Guard Station, South Carolina, and take part in a hostage situation exercise. The visit was in cooperation with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) officials. Russian Security Police Force members (not shown) visit McEntire Air National Guard Station, South Carolina, and take part in a hostage situation exercise. The visit was in cooperation with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) officials.

DD-SC-85-03043. Base: Chino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tiana Wade, 100th Security Forces Squadron response force leader, secures a room during an active shooter exercise at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Dec. 7, 2022. The exercise was designed to evaluate the training, readiness and capability of RAF Mildenhall Airmen in order to effectively respond to active shooter threats.

DM-ST-86-07387. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Spc. Brandon Mitchell, a Soldier from the 337th Engineer Battalion, 55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, throws a dummy grenade at a target in a trench during the grenade portion of Pennsylvania Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition on April 12, 2022. Mitchell and the other competitors were challenged through nine different events over the competition

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